130 Red Creek

Li Xiang was shocked. He felt that he put a piece of veal into his mouth to cover it up. He smiled vaguely and said, "Eat first, eat first!" I'm really hungry all the way. People are iron, and rice is steel. If you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry..."

The Governor laughed.

"In order to respect the Chinese ambassador who came from afar, our pre-dinner thanksgiving mass has been done. Dear guests, on behalf of the East India of the Dutch Empire, I would like to welcome you. Let's have a toast." The Governor raised his glass again.

"Mr. Marshal Li, it's an honor to introduce you to Mr. Henry, the Consul of the United States..." The Governor nodded respectfully to the white man who was as strong as a basketball player.

Li thought it was a pity that the guy didn't go to play basketball, so he nodded with a smile.

"...This is British Consul Sir James..."

The governor of the Dutch colony turned his eyes to the old British mansion knight wearing a stupid wig, who looked at Li with a blank face.

Li thought about it and was too lazy to lie with them, so he came straight to the point and said, "Your Excellency. Before I came, Mr. Zhongshan presided over a cabinet meeting and decided on the four conditions for negotiating with the Dutch Empire: first, the release of arrested overseas Chinese; second, compensation for property losses; third, compensation for the victims; fourth, the restoration of human rights, the treatment of overseas Chinese, European and Japanese. I want to know the opinion of the Dutch Empire?

"I'm sorry, the conditions in your country are too unreasonable." The governor seemed to smile with shame: "Because as the Dutch Empire, although the Chinese should be the most useful as the most diligent immigrants, on the contrary, they have become very dangerous people. Appropriate restraint is to maintain the stability of the colony.

"Hehe..." Li thought that this guy was also straightforward.

"Does the Dutch authorities want to direct the Red Creek tragedy again?" Wang Jingwei raised his eyebrows.

In that year, the Hongxi tragedy shocked Indonesia, China and Europe. Both the Dutch country and the Batavian colonial authorities were afraid that the Qing government would take retaliatory measures because of this, and sent a special envoy to Beijing on a special ship to carry "trearing posts". At this time, China was the so-called "Qianlong prosperous era", but the rulers of the Qing Dynasty actually thought that "the murdered Han people, who had lived in the area for a long time, repeatedly invited the grace of forgiveness and abandoned themselves. According to the national law, they were all severely punished. Now he has killed many people. It can be hurt, but in fact, it is self-inflicted. There was no strict condemnation of the Dutch envoys, nor did they plead with the murderers, nor did they take any measures to protect the overseas Chinese, resulting in the bloody massacre against Chinese expatriates.

"The information obtained by the Chinese is unfounded. The Hongxi tragedy is groundless at all. Regarding the Surabaya tragedy, it is an exaggerated fact of boring reporters. I have not left Surabaya so far. It is precisely because of the mediation of this matter, which is about secrets, so I have not made it public for the time being. U.S. Consul Henry said.

"Mr. Henry, mediation is completely meaningless. The Dutch Empire will not agree to China's unreasonable demands in any case." The governor smiled.

Li Xiang sneered repeatedly, and Wang Jingwei and his wife also snorted contemptuously.

"On the one hand, the Dutch colonial government continued to lure, abduct and even plunder a large number of contracted Chinese workers to the plantations and mines in Java, Sumatra, Bangka, Bilidong, Rili and other places in Indonesia through various channels, and used the Chinese to exploit the colonies. Start to develop and extract their labor. On the other hand, they still restrict, exclude and crack down on Chinese people in political, economic, cultural, legal, educational and other aspects. Medy said. Indentured Chinese workers working in plantations and mines were forced to engage in heavy manual labor, deprived of political rights, were not allowed to organize trade unions, and were not allowed to assemble and organize.

"That's what you said, beautiful Miss China." The Governor was sure: "The plantations and mines in East India are controlled by you Chinese."

"Your Excellency, in 1880, the Dutch colonial authorities promulgated the Koeli OrdonnantieVon1880Juli13 in the form of "Government Proclamation No. 133", in which Article 8 stipulates that laborers who escape or refuse to work shall be sentenced to up to three If a month of gratuitous labor is committed again, in addition to imprisonment, he shall also be sentenced to three to twelve months of forced labor. Chen Bijun's father, Chen Gengji, who had never said anything, said, "My contracted Chinese worker was cruelly abused, often beaten, and there was no personal security at all."

Chen Gengji once inquired about Chen Guang, a 20-year-old miner in the Ronghe mining area of Penang. The miner described it as sad and asked him. At first, he refused to say anything and repeatedly expressed his condolences. At the beginning, in March, he was under the rattan whip and stick all day. He showed his back, scars and blood stains, and almost no skin. There are countless Chinese workers who have been violently whipped to death.

After all, it was Lao Nanyang. As soon as he opened his mouth, all the nonsense was gone, including the Governor, and all fell into silence.

In those years, the abuse of overseas Chinese workers was constantly exposed, and Peru became the target of world public opinion. Fengshui takes turns. Is it the Netherlands's turn this year?

"You can't just look at the bad side of the Netherlands..." The governor's tone softened, "The matter of Surai is a rumor from the day. It's not a fact, but it's not nothing... What each newspaper says in the coming day must be false, and the more it is spread, the more it is."

The atmosphere is a little awkward and dull, and everyone is full of things on their minds.

"I heard that there was a little episode on the dock today. I don't know what the result is?" British Consul James broke the dullness, and his tone was a little mean.

"Why don't you go and have a look?" Li wanted to sneer. No one can bully his compatriots in front of Chinese soldiers.

British Consul James looked cold and sneered, "Are those people also Chinese, right?"

"They are not Chinese, traitors and scum!"

In order to enliven the atmosphere, U.S. Consul Henry smiled and said, "Sir, how do you feel about this Suraya milk satay? Even Europe doesn't have such a flavor. I'm afraid you also think it's new, right?"

Li Xiang turned his head and smiled at Henry, the American consul: "Well, the milk is good, but the veal in it. I don't know if it's not good. Why did the smell of bleeding come out?

Li Xiang arched his hand with a smile and said to the Governor, "Your Excellency, please arrange your brother's entourage. I worked all the way today. The governor's hospitality was really well received. Brother, you have to go to rest. One day, through your hall, I will also hold a banquet to entertain the Governor.

The governor froze there, pulling his lips and smiling gracely.

Along the way, I have already looked at Li Xiang's displeacons's adjutant lieutenant lieutenant lieutenant of the General's mansion, and looked at Li Xiang's casual appearance. The wine glass in my hand almost fell over.

Li wanted to hold his fist and say goodbye. He bowed politely and thoughtfully. Turn around and leave. The governor returned the salute with a smile and motioned the adjutant to see him off.

In the carriage, Li wanted to ask the housekeeper's little sister Meidi, "Can you talk to those foreign women?"

Medi squeezed his lips and smiled, "Forbid, the British and American minister ladies are very talkative and well-bred. However, we can't talk about the main topic. It's nothing more than talking about some things that we women care about, such as the clothes worn by women from all over the world, the local customs, the weather in spring, summer, autumn and winter... Well, the weather in the colonies is so hot. Several ladies also talked about educating their children's offspring.

"This is all the main topic!" Li wanted to look at the housekeeper and smiled and said, "When we talk to foreigners, we are not always limited to national affairs. You are not a minister, and of course, you can't discuss official affairs with others. However, talking about trivial matters of life is also diplomacy, which can make us make more friends and beneficial to us. Little sister, I think you are very sociable!"

Li Xiang couldn't help holding a slender and soft hand of the housekeeper's little sister. Meidi let him hold it, and she felt that Marshal Li's generous hand was extremely warm. She leaned her head on his shoulder, and her heart was filled with an indescribable relief and happiness. How she would like to sit in such a narrow carriage and snuggle next to him for a long time in a gentle shake. She will follow him all the time, and she will follow him wherever he goes...

By the way, she remembered that the climate in the Nanyang Colony was unusually hot. I heard that there is really a record of death every year... I wonder how the food is at the embassy there? How is the master's cooking skills? Does it suit Marshal Li's taste? He is used to Hunan cuisine in his hometown. Should he remind him to take the Hunan cuisine master of the Changfeng cruise ship to the consulate? He hasn't mentioned it yet. I don't know what he thinks?

Thinking of this, the housekeeper couldn't help looking up at Marshal Li. Li wanted to close his eyes slightly and frowned. He didn't know what he was thinking about.

"You...what are you thinking about?" The housekeeper's little sister, Meidi, asked softly.

Li Xiang opened his eyes and looked at her. She was so close to him. The carriage was dark and she couldn't see her beautiful face clearly, but she could smell her hair and smell...

"Why don't you talk?" The housekeeper asked again.

"Ah, what did you just ask me?"

"Look at you, you can also be fascinated on the road! You don't listen to my words at all. This ear goes in and that ear goes out. I asked the old man: What were you thinking just now?"

"Just now, which one just now? Was it just before you asked, or just after you asked?

"Oh, look at what you said, it's almost a tongue twister. Naturally, it was just before the questioning!"

"What was I thinking just now... Ah, by the way, I'm thinking that Henry, the Consul of the United States, is also a diplomat who can make friends with each other. Judging from several conversations with him, I didn't feel his cunning and arrogance. It seems that foreigners can't be generalized. They are not all hateful and ulsting people..."

"You, you can't do without your business after thinking about it. Alas..."

The housekeeper sighed gently, but she leaned closer to Marshal Li.